It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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